This woman sickens me. That she was offered any kind of plea deal at all is unfortunate and bothersome, but I have no doubt she will spend a great deal of time in prison and I’m glad for that. After watching the gut-wrenching Shonda Vander Ark trial recently, I am more convinced than ever that these monstrous child abusers should be dealt with in the harshest manner allowed by law and should be at the high end always regarding sentencing. These horrific situations must be deterred as much as possible and only swift convictions and lengthy prison sentences would be a step in the right direction.
The elite are the biggest perpetrators of s/an and child abuse and they’re the ones that set the judicial and criminal laws. We need to claim our collective power and demand what you wrote and make that be known to every man and woman alive
It should be a year for the age of each child, served not consecutively. 19 for her daughter + X for each of her kids. Should add up to more than life in prison
I don’t know why, but the way she says “guilty” starting at 2:32 seems so disingenuous. It’s almost as if she’s trying to act ashamed when in reality she feels nothing. Very odd behavior.
I dont understand what was the plea agreement? Her sentence hearing is february 10th right? So that means shes in jail until feb to then here how long she need to do jail time or does the plea mean she might get out faster ?
They will never charge him because they would also have to hold the medium - UA-cam - accountable as well, and sadly, that's never going to happen. But in my opinion, I'm with you: he's just as guilty as her.
@@carolineann5518 Oh, I actually think she feels horrible about this. She feels like she was the best mother ever and this is incredibly embarassing for her. I don't think she believes she's wrong, rather I think she is simply mortified to be pleading guilty.
@@LatchKeyKid_78 wrong. She knew Jody for over 10 years prior. She was the church leader on disciple and counsel for their church. Longer than the youngest kid was alive.
@@ethanknox8that’s worse. That means they increasingly tortured every single one of those kids. On purpose. Not out of “distortion”. Willingly with great enthusiasm.
Has anybody ever told her that she looks great in that outfit? I think gray and white stripes look great on her. Fabulous!✨ Hopefully she gets to wear that outfit for the remainder of the next 3 decades for what she did.
Nope. She was with Jody for years. She was who recommended that wilderness camp for the boy. She just didn’t talk about her. She was often referred to them as church council support etc
@@SharpLife4WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!! Ruby and Kevin were abusing those kids long long long before they even knew Jodi. Jodi was referred to the Frankie’s by the LDS church as a marriage counselor because Kevin and Ruby were having problems in the marriage. Jodi began working with the Frankie’s in 2020 and ultimately chased Kevin away from the family in April of 2022 and got him fired from BYU. This is even Shari moved out and cut ties with both of her parents and when Ruby began working with Jodi at ConneXions. Ruby & Kevin started their UA-cam channel in 2015 where they were seen treating those kids horribly by withholding food,water and the basic essentials. It was so bad that viewers began calling CPS out in Utah which prompted many visits but nothing was ever done. People also began reporting their content to UA-cam which ultimately resulted in their channel being deleted. I’m going to assume that you never watched their channel because it was clear as day that Ruby is unhinged and her husband is a cocky demanding abusive pos.
@@LatchKeyKid_78 you don’t get it. You are wrong. They got their parent advice from the church leader. Who was Jodi. That’s how she learned those parent techniques. There was a book she was told to read. Which the church aka Jodi told her to read. Jodi was the leader of the church for the family side for many years. Ruby. Didn’t say it was jody. She mentioned she got a book from her church. And suptle things she states in the vlogs and more she didn’t say. If this goes to a court proceedings you will see my point and that I am right. So what ever. And some things she did were not deemed as abuse. But rather something you would prob not consider doing it that way.
@@sherrytaylor1794unfortunately her behavior, and also his, predated her partnership with Jodi. She is only being investigated/senrsnced for what they can prove in recent years. Hopefully someday the dad will face justice for being part of earlier abuse
The way she walked in and smiled at the officer was sick. She doesn't deserve any kind of plea deal. She is 100% mentally capable, she wasn't brain washed. She had enough mental competency to record, edit, and upload video after video literally until the day she was arrested. Shes GUILTY.
Deresrve a plea deal? She made a plea agreement, not a deal. She accepting that she’s guilty and will get the appropriate sentence. This plea agreement won’t benefit her in anyway and it’s what’s best for the children.
She is doing this to avoid a trial where she knows the jury will show no mercy ,they don't where kids are concerned and rightly so ! She's just trying to get a lighter sentence,only thinking of herself ,vile cow !🤮
@@rmlsi4650 Why do you think they take a plea deal? It's to get a lighter sentence like i said BUT in this case her and her lawyer are interesting leaving the sentence up to the judge which is very rare that this happens ,but she still thinks It's her best bet !
@@mareezyHer videos have pretty much been taken down. When she said that she was responding to people who dared question her methods, sat in her car having a rant.
She's only pleading guilty to get herself out of trouble and to place blame on her partner. You both are equally responsible! I hope she gets prison and her precious children see through her bull!
@@B-ch6uk She did but she’s expecting a pity sentence of 1 yr per charge and would get put way early on that. Or she expects probation and time served.
@BH-ch6uk And? Again, she knows exactly what she's doing. By going to trial, means longer prison sentence. IDC, she treated her kids poorly before she even met Jodi. So I stand my my comment.
Yup and the detalls arent public . The father is just as BAD snd was all in til she kicked him out ..nows says he has no idea hadnt seen kids ..the only victim is the kids !!! She is playing for sympathy in jail clothes when her family is in court and she has a private lawyer..she was not brainwashed she was giddy over how mean she was to her kids and had SO MANY FOLLOWERS
She was abusing her kids way before Jodi come on 🙄🙄🙄 I hope the sentence is not some little slap on her wrist because we all know the last two kiddos are still vulnerable and she and Kevin will go back to over abusing their kids. She pleads guilty now but she has the chance to stop treating her littles like that but she didn’t.
They were cut off. It’s how Jodi operates. Ruby was not safe for them as they were needing to protect their own families from connections. It’s a cult. Cults cut off. The family took in Shari when she got cut off. The family isn’t responsible. They didn’t see. They heard some from Shari. Even Shari called 911 on her parents. They just didn’t catch enough of it. Jodi had the dad out of the house, they kids out of school and the older daughter cut off after telling Ruby to cut out the non connexions family. It was so they could be free to torment the kids without anyone knowing.
They did call. She cut them out before they saw the worst of it. That is how cults act. They isolate from family, school, work and then do the worst. The public was even calling on them stuff from the channel. Shari called, the family embraced Shari when she was cut off. Neighbors also called. She had to be caught doing something really serious turns out.
It would have been helpful if they said what each count was for, instead of just saying 1 through 4. For what charge & against who? They still could have protected the children by saying child #1 & so on. Was it for the starvation, physical binding, isolation? It seems like she's protected.
@@khaIid624Sp, you’re admitting you were there since you know this? So you’re admitting you should be a defendant with them, for not reporting the abuse. Because there’s no way you could know that other than being there, since there is plenty of evidence she was abusing her kids before Jodi
You do realize that Consecutive is the better of the two options... if she gets 2 years each count, that would be 8 years total. It's concurrent that runs them all at the same time... consecutive means one at a time and so they stack up. Websters works.
The Judge needs to give no weight to her plea. She is not remorseful in the least. You can read it on her face. Given the chance she will return to her methods of child abuse in the guise of discipline. A sentence at least until her youngest child is 18 and no contact is the least she should expect.
I think they like to plea the cases so the kids don’t have to be as involved in court proceedings. How many other homes had connexion minders and how many more kids are tied up in the basement or scrubbing the floors of connexions executives?
Even more interesting to see they all aren’t there. That family has always been led by Grandma Griff to do exactly as she has done. She is more like Ruby than of them, and supporting Ruby could in large part be out of a desire to save herself from exposure about her harsh parenting choices. Bonnie, Shari, Chad not being present is very interesting. As the baby Ellie has always had the privilege of not doing anything she doesn’t want you to do. Her not being there could be more about not wanting to travel than anything else.
While I am glad this will spare all the children from having to testify, at the same time I hate that a trial won't be happening to get all the facts out there as to what these monsters have been doing for YEARS now, not just the recent events that led to the arrest. There won't be any justice for the older children and what they suffered!
Jodi still has to be dealt with, and there will likely be a lot of people willing to sit in court to tell how she abused them. So, you will likely get the dirt you are after.
@@Ronibearable no, she has a hearing scheduled as well, right after Christmas, so she'll likely be taking a plea deal also. It's not about the dirt, we saw it all unfold in Ruby's vlogs, it's about the victims getting their chance to face her and call them out.
@@2Blessed You do understand that the person arrested does not get to just "get" a plea deal right? They are offered by the prosecution, it's not a right for the defendant to just receive one. If the prosecution does not offer, the it does not matter what Jodi wants or doesn't want.
@@Ronibearable yes, I do understand that, but I also understand that if they offered a plea deal to Ruby, they will likely offer one to Jodi, since they have been charged with the exact same crimes.
@@2Blessed Part of the Plea for Ruby is that she agrees to testify against Jodi. (look it up and READ it) If the prosecution intended to give Jodi a plea deal, then why would they include that in the deal for Ruby? Also, keep in mind that no one is prosecuting any abuse prior to the few months at Jodi's house. While I understand that many feel that it should be, they aren't. What they have accomplished is this.. an extremely fast outcome ending in 4 felony counts that will result in significant time, along with the agreement to testify against Jodi. Go READ what Ruby ADMITTED to! It's not going to be a 6 month sentence, I can assure you based on what SHE admits to. It's worse than anyone imagined! This is going to be an extended sentence for both of them.
Her mom, dad, brother, sister, and sister-in-law are shown present. She must have smiled at them as she walked in. I cannot belief that I watched her for years. Disgusting.
The over acting at each charge was telling, she still wants to gaslight and has no genuine remorse. Even when she glanced at her lawyer, she just had to do a deep scan, she just couldn't stop analysing even in court. If she gets let loose and is free range, we may see her again.
Closing her eyes and taking deep breaths every times she admits her guilt, trying to act as if she feels remorse now… she should have done that when raising those children take deep breaths and walk away instead of torturing them. I was Abused as a child, now I have three of my own, not once have I even thought of doing anything to them. She was not brain washed , she did everything she WANTED to do to those children, why would her oldest daughter post “finally” when news of her being arrested got out. Her husband is also guilty. A father will stay away from his children for more than a year??? Plus they are lds, it’s in their religion to seek help through church members and even the law. They are smart ,educated and wealthy enough to play and work the system. And her smiling ? Sick human.
A plea for a woman that starved her children and tied them up with duct tape, and scared them for the remainder of their lives. These children's children will be affected by this monsters choices and she gets a plea. Her kids pleaded for food, they pleaded for a bed, the pleaded for love. The simple basic needs for children and instead she chose to enslave them for monetary gain. Her and her husband deserve to never be free again!!💯💯
Child abuse for profit. Ruby made a lot of money and received a lot of attention for her abuse under the guise of tough love. It appears she did it for those reasons, along with being sadistic in my opinion. I hope she gets the maximum allowed for each guilty plea.
Her poor kids are sentenced to a lifetime of dealing with trauma! She’s VILE and she was vile before Jodi! Jodi just added fuel to the fire. Kevin belongs in jail too!!
I specifically remember her sitting in front of the camera, saying that she had the best parenting technique, and that it wasn’t abuse. Hey Ruby, the court say otherwise and I hope you enjoy your prison sentence.😂
As much as I absolutely hate this woman and what she has done to her own kids, I am happy that said kids won't have to relive their trauma by testifying against her. I had to testify against my father with him in the court room, glaring me down as his sick attorney tried to twist my words against my siblings', all the while seeing my mom silently crying on her side of the room. I am so happy to hear that whatever her sentence is for each count, that they all must be served consecutively instead of concurrently, even if she gets 2 years per count, she is in prison for 16 years. Of course I want nothing more than for her to receive maximum penalty for each, but considering it's a plea deal, that isn't likely. I also think it is interesting that she is trying to throw Jodi under the bus when people have been sounding the alarm against her abuse years before that psycho entered the picture. Now, that isn't me saying that she doesn't deserve every awful thing coming towards her, Jodi is an abusive monster and has been one for years, but all Jodi did with Ruby is escalate her already abusive tendencies. She didn't turn Ruby into an abuser, she already was one. I pray that they both get locked up behind bars for many, many years to come.
First, I want to say, I am so sorry about the trauma you suffered in your childhood. Truly, that sucks, I hope you have found some joy now. I was glad to come across your comment, as I was beginning to think I was the only one to notice the "consecutive" part. But how are you getting 16 years? It seems like 2 charges may have been dropped. So: 2 years x 4 charges = an 8 year sentence. To me she appears genuinely afraid. I watched a lot of the body language videos on her and Jodi and I got the impression that Ruby is dumb as a stump and Jodi manipulated her easily. Both her and her husband are psychos (imo) but unfortunately the child abuse charges are just for the most recent abuses, if they _were_ to charge her husband then they would also have to hold UA-cam accountable, and they will never do that.
Prayers for you, for the what despicable trauma you had to endure... I did, too. Thought after my father passed it'd really help me deal with it better...didn't happen. I strive daily to be an overcome. Please know -- you are NOT alone...🙏💞
I hope her children sue her for defamation when they are older for the vile, disgusting lies she put out into the universe that will be there forever about their character. Can someone tell me why Kevin is still walking free?
I blame her upbringing in that "church" that seems to have harmed a lot. of people and her parents as well. But I blame her for her life choices and taking the side of Jodi over her families. These are evil people. These poor children are scarred for life. And Kevin is just as bad but seems to have skated out of trouble. What is wrong with this church in Utah.
Poor children having a sociopathic mother like this! I really hope that justice will be served eventually and that the children are taken care of as they should be.....
It’s sad to think about what the children are enduring now. I know they are out of their parents abuse, but I have to consider the conditions they are living under now. Where are they, are they together? I was in the care of foster homes and a baptist children’s home from age 8-12, and I don’t have the words to tell you the sense of loss and sadness I felt. Some of the stories of those years are still with me and bring tears to my eyes, and I’m now an 81 year old woman. I never stopped loving or needing the presence of my parents no matter what, even today, after all these years. It’s the children that suffer more than anyone else, for the rest of their lives. My thoughts and prayers are with them through this holiday season, and always. I know how they must be feeling.
1 to 15 years for each count to be served consecutively. If they sentence her at the high end she could get up to 60 years in prison. Hopefully that will be the case.
The guidelines for each charge is a 1 to 15. BUT.. there are also other things they consider when sentencing. Such as prior criminal history, nature of the crimes, mitigating factors as well as others. So all of that plays onto the way the judge sentences regarding those factors.
She is evil. And the church funded Jodi knowing she had her license revoked and the church was complicit in her breaking patient client confidentiality.
No one has commented her sister Julie, brother Beau being there to support her. Certainly, looks like grandma and grandpa Griffiths are in the courtroom as well.
Can anyone else not get over the fact that she had her hair done? Like how did she get the money and time.. and why did she even care to do her hair when she's going through something like this? Extremely odd given the circumstances and weight of everything.
Brian Schnee said she and Jodi were together the last 3 years. She and Kevin have been withholding food from kids 5 years ago for punishment. She is not taking blame. Just so happens Jodi was in this so she can get off of what she had done before Jodi.
I watched 8 Passengers as vloggers for a few years. I slowly stopped as u could see things weren't right. Like the youngest forgetting her lunch and the mom said she can be hungry don't feed her think she was 5. Then the oldest brother played a prank and punishment they removed his bed. You just don't kids don't learn. It was nice to see her family in the court and I hope Ruby looked at them and felt bad. I can't even imagine how the kids feel. Even her parents and siblings. When it first hit the public people gave hate to the family. They said multiple times they done everything the could. They are not Ruby. The main thing to focus on is the kids and there health n we'll being. Ruby you pled guilty cause you are simple. You can't blame anyone it was ur choice. Well Done for the young boy escaping if he didn't it would still be going on x
Imagine being one of the people who were so gullible that they let those two women "influence" them and actually followed their parenting advice. Apparently 2.5 million people were that gullible.
The kids were not duct taped when the channel began. It got more questionable as time went on. Then they stopped all posting and went onto business of family counseling. I am worried more kids in basements minded by the cult in their own homes.
You watched 12 videos and started to be interested in how a big family functions. You watched 24 videos and started to worry. A few on their own disturbing. Public called CPS on some things. The basement incident that sadly went far enough for CPS to be able to take the kids was almost a year after they stopped posting the kids on the channel and went onto to connexions cult stuff. LDS learn to sell their church and image. Experts of everything and nothing encouraged to teach other members. She was trained for this well.
I would like to know who was she smiling at when she entered the court, because if any of her family members are standing by her it's absolutely disgusting of them
So I just saw another video and you guys are right It is her family.... However it does look like they're standing behind her since they were sitting behind her to me if I was not supportive of what somebody did I will be sitting on the other side of the room giving them the "FU" finger
You can see in the back are her parents and two of her siblings, at least of the people that are in view. I hope ruby feels the shame for what she did from them too.
NO Christmas for Ruby, like she denied her 2 young children Christmas....KARMA..
Exactly!!!
Hallelujah!
It's cool she's not African American 😊
Hear hear @jon
@@Shaolin91zwtf?
She never imagined that anyone would hold her accountable for the treatment of her children. She went from influencer to prisoner.
How many other women are out there following her rules for discipline?
@@pattim173who in their right mind would ever and I mean ever take any advice from nut like Ruby
The ridiculous thing is that once she gets out, she likely won't have a hard time getting employment like so many other inmates do.
This woman sickens me. That she was offered any kind of plea deal at all is unfortunate and bothersome, but I have no doubt she will spend a great deal of time in prison and I’m glad for that. After watching the gut-wrenching Shonda Vander Ark trial recently, I am more convinced than ever that these monstrous child abusers should be dealt with in the harshest manner allowed by law and should be at the high end always regarding sentencing. These horrific situations must be deterred as much as possible and only swift convictions and lengthy prison sentences would be a step in the right direction.
That's the justice system for you
It keeps her kids from having to testify against their “mom”. That would cause them more trauma
The elite are the biggest perpetrators of s/an and child abuse and they’re the ones that set the judicial and criminal laws. We need to claim our collective power and demand what you wrote and make that be known to every man and woman alive
A child abuser in our area recently got 2 life sentences for what they did.
@@Chris-rq6siSo does that mean she will testify against Jodi Hildebrand?
No contact with children ever again.
Or any human
That will be up to them, not you!
@@tindrabeam5922 Obviously.
@@tindrabeam5922 not really. The court can impose a restraining order and prevent any calls or visits to the minor children.
She needs prison for life!!! She needs suffering in prison , she abused her children for years!!!!!!
So arrogant. Unbelievable attitude.
It should be a year for the age of each child, served not consecutively. 19 for her daughter + X for each of her kids. Should add up to more than life in prison
What about father? Not guilty at all. This is very interesting.
Cool. She's not African American 😂
@@jaanalehto6678 right, was thinking the same!
Sentencing her to less than the maximum period for each count would be a total injustice to those children !
Agreed.
Agreed
Unfortunately, you mean WILL BE.
I read where she'll get 5 years and be out on parole in a little over 2. This day and age nothing shocks me anymore.
@@varrick1226 there’s no room in our society for child abusers. Let’s pray the justice system has the same mindset when it comes to sentencing 🙏🏻🤞🏼
She's absolutely disgusting what she did to those kids will scar over them for the rest of there lives and is not reversable.
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Tbh the father is'nt any better...the two of them are disgusting 🤮
@@SpaceMonkeyJBReally?
That woman doesn’t deserve to have a smirk on her face.
Like Vallow ... so creepy and disturbing
I think had she not been caught she would've taken one of those children's lives.
I don’t know why, but the way she says “guilty” starting at 2:32 seems so disingenuous. It’s almost as if she’s trying to act ashamed when in reality she feels nothing. Very odd behavior.
The fact she accepted a plea its crazy! She’s a huge narcissist, and wants to be right all the time.
The court accepted the plea not the defendent
Glad she's not African American 🤘
I dont understand what was the plea agreement? Her sentence hearing is february 10th right? So that means shes in jail until feb to then here how long she need to do jail time or does the plea mean she might get out faster ?
It’s to get less time than Jodi.
Life in prison vs. 5 years what would you do? That's what she decided.
Her husband needs to be charged and jailed too
Definitely.
I think that is why he divorced her- to distance himself- on advice of his lawyer.
They will never charge him because they would also have to hold the medium - UA-cam - accountable as well, and sadly, that's never going to happen. But in my opinion, I'm with you: he's just as guilty as her.
Put her in the general female prison population. Let the other mothers in there deal out her punishment.
this.. i wonder if she deserves any of her own meals when she denied food to her kids. Cant imagine they wont know about that in prison.
And withhold food to her just like she did to her own children.
I hope her cellmate keeps her up at night. I hope she gets her food taken away.
@@ndisfoshiz Just stop it.
The other mothers are also in prison for a reason.
Closing her eyes while saying guilty is very telling.
She feels bad clearly
@@khaIid624no she doesn’t. She’s looking for a lighter sentence
@@carolineann5518 Oh, I actually think she feels horrible about this. She feels like she was the best mother ever and this is incredibly embarassing for her. I don't think she believes she's wrong, rather I think she is simply mortified to be pleading guilty.
😂😂😂😂 that she got caught!!@@khaIid624
@@carolineann5518 How do you know?? She could genuinely be remorseful. Your hatred for Ruby is blinding you.
she ridiculed her kids online for years for views - bizarre
Jodi is a whole another kind of evil! Listening to Jodi’s niece experience was spine chilling!
But Ruby and her husband are responsible for abusing their children, not Jodi.
People,can be brain washed. It’s a real thing
Only Kevin & Ruby were abusing those kids way before they even knew Jodi
@@LatchKeyKid_78 wrong. She knew Jody for over 10 years prior. She was the church leader on disciple and counsel for their church. Longer than the youngest kid was alive.
@@ethanknox8that’s worse. That means they increasingly tortured every single one of those kids.
On purpose. Not out of “distortion”.
Willingly with great enthusiasm.
Has anybody ever told her that she looks great in that outfit? I think gray and white stripes look great on her. Fabulous!✨ Hopefully she gets to wear that outfit for the remainder of the next 3 decades for what she did.
She's beautiful 😍
Glad she's not African American 🤪
She’s being self righteous. She thinks turning on Jodi (also a monster) will save her. Playing victim
She just trying to save her own tail. She was kooky before she linked up with Hildebrandt
Most definitely !😠
Nope. She was with Jody for years. She was who recommended that wilderness camp for the boy. She just didn’t talk about her. She was often referred to them as church council support etc
@@SharpLife4WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!! Ruby and Kevin were abusing those kids long long long before they even knew Jodi. Jodi was referred to the Frankie’s by the LDS church as a marriage counselor because Kevin and Ruby were having problems in the marriage. Jodi began working with the Frankie’s in 2020 and ultimately chased Kevin away from the family in April of 2022 and got him fired from BYU. This is even Shari moved out and cut ties with both of her parents and when Ruby began working with Jodi at ConneXions. Ruby & Kevin started their UA-cam channel in 2015 where they were seen treating those kids horribly by withholding food,water and the basic essentials. It was so bad that viewers began calling CPS out in Utah which prompted many visits but nothing was ever done. People also began reporting their content to UA-cam which ultimately resulted in their channel being deleted. I’m going to assume that you never watched their channel because it was clear as day that Ruby is unhinged and her husband is a cocky demanding abusive pos.
@@SharpLife4 Nope. The timeline has been clearly documented. Ruby and Kevin had not met Jodi. They abused their children long before they met Jodi.
@@LatchKeyKid_78 you don’t get it. You are wrong. They got their parent advice from the church leader. Who was Jodi. That’s how she learned those parent techniques. There was a book she was told to read. Which the church aka Jodi told her to read. Jodi was the leader of the church for the family side for many years. Ruby. Didn’t say it was jody. She mentioned she got a book from her church. And suptle things she states in the vlogs and more she didn’t say. If this goes to a court proceedings you will see my point and that I am right. So what ever.
And some things she did were not deemed as abuse. But rather something you would prob not consider doing it that way.
That attorney looks nervous for some reason, even more nervous than his client
I would be too if I was her attorney! She is a freak and unpredictable....
He was terrified she would open her sanctimonious mouth.
I don’t think he looked nervous. But idk.
Wow her ego is as big as that room.
Will the father be investigated and charged?
I hope so
Doesn’t seem like it. 😡
I thought they were separated so he didn't know what she was doing. He just filled for divorce
@@sherrytaylor1794unfortunately her behavior, and also his, predated her partnership with Jodi. She is only being investigated/senrsnced for what they can prove in recent years. Hopefully someday the dad will face justice for being part of earlier abuse
@@sherrytaylor1794 always their father. Who cares where he was? He’s responsible too.
How does a person get to this! Unbelievable! This will bring this whole family down several notches like they needed to be for along time!
Yet, her sisters still vlog and exploit their children. Unbelievable.
The way she walked in and smiled at the officer was sick. She doesn't deserve any kind of plea deal. She is 100% mentally capable, she wasn't brain washed. She had enough mental competency to record, edit, and upload video after video literally until the day she was arrested. Shes GUILTY.
Deresrve a plea deal? She made a plea agreement, not a deal. She accepting that she’s guilty and will get the appropriate sentence. This plea agreement won’t benefit her in anyway and it’s what’s best for the children.
She didn't smile at the officer. Her relatives were sitting right there, so she smiled at them.
You can see her parents and I think two siblings at 5:22
Great thing she's not African American 🤪
Emily, Beau, Julie, Jennifer and Chad.
She is doing this to avoid a trial where she knows the jury will show no mercy ,they don't where kids are concerned and rightly so ! She's just trying to get a lighter sentence,only thinking of herself ,vile cow !🤮
I'm glad her kids won't have to testify
Duh. No mentally-competent person would tell a judge to give them the harshest penalty possible. Period. Not you or anyone else.
@@rmlsi4650 Why do you think they take a plea deal? It's to get a lighter sentence like i said BUT in this case her and her lawyer are interesting leaving the sentence up to the judge which is very rare that this happens ,but she still thinks It's her best bet !
I love thinking back to her video proclaiming: “I’m not going anywhere.” That statement aged like milk.
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@@mareezyHer videos have pretty much been taken down. When she said that she was responding to people who dared question her methods, sat in her car having a rant.
@@isking1715 oh, gotcha, ty
She's only pleading guilty to get herself out of trouble and to place blame on her partner. You both are equally responsible! I hope she gets prison and her precious children see through her bull!
She did agree to a prison sentence
Right? She was evil long before Hildebrandt came along and validated her behavior.
@@B-ch6uk
She did but she’s expecting a pity sentence of 1 yr per charge and would get put way early on that. Or she expects probation and time served.
@BH-ch6uk And? Again, she knows exactly what she's doing. By going to trial, means longer prison sentence. IDC, she treated her kids poorly before she even met Jodi. So I stand my my comment.
Yup and the detalls arent public . The father is just as BAD snd was all in til she kicked him out ..nows says he has no idea hadnt seen kids ..the only victim is the kids !!! She is playing for sympathy in jail clothes when her family is in court and she has a private lawyer..she was not brainwashed she was giddy over how mean she was to her kids and had SO MANY FOLLOWERS
Closing her eyes while saying “guilty “ she doesn’t feel bad she’s just looking for a lighter sentence.
She was abusing her kids way before Jodi come on 🙄🙄🙄
I hope the sentence is not some little slap on her wrist because we all know the last two kiddos are still vulnerable and she and Kevin will go back to over abusing their kids.
She pleads guilty now but she has the chance to stop treating her littles like that but she didn’t.
Her family must be so proud of themselves that they chose not to intervene. They were complicit.
They were cut off. It’s how Jodi operates. Ruby was not safe for them as they were needing to protect their own families from connections. It’s a cult. Cults cut off. The family took in Shari when she got cut off. The family isn’t responsible. They didn’t see. They heard some from Shari. Even Shari called 911 on her parents. They just didn’t catch enough of it. Jodi had the dad out of the house, they kids out of school and the older daughter cut off after telling Ruby to cut out the non connexions family. It was so they could be free to torment the kids without anyone knowing.
I will NEVER understand anyone, especially family, not stepping up to defend & protect children.😢😠🙏
They did call. She cut them out before they saw the worst of it. That is how cults act. They isolate from family, school, work and then do the worst. The public was even calling on them stuff from the channel. Shari called, the family embraced Shari when she was cut off. Neighbors also called. She had to be caught doing something really serious turns out.
I’m so curious on where she stands now in what she said about her son Russell. If not true, she is truly evil for falsely accusing him as a predator.
It was completely false. Jodi did it to her niece too.
In Utah: Second-degree felony: One to 15 years in imprisonment, and/or up to $10,000 in fines.
LONG CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES PLEASE!
She’ll do no more than 2 years
you know this?@@LatchKeyKid_78
It’s the dead eyes for me. This woman is not sorry & I, personally, feel like she will re-offend. She literally looks so annoyed to be there.
Life in prison. Please 😡🤮
Not even close but at least she got consecutive and not concurrent years.
She’ll do no more than 2 years
It would have been helpful if they said what each count was for, instead of just saying 1 through 4. For what charge & against who? They still could have protected the children by saying child #1 & so on. Was it for the starvation, physical binding, isolation? It seems like she's protected.
She didn't abuse those kids Jodi did
@@khaIid624Sp, you’re admitting you were there since you know this? So you’re admitting you should be a defendant with them, for not reporting the abuse. Because there’s no way you could know that other than being there, since there is plenty of evidence she was abusing her kids before Jodi
Who's not getting Christmas this year!!!!!!!!
Her family was there, on the first row, mom, dad, sister, brother and sister in law... The smile in the beginning is sickening
Her parents were there? They are back from their mission?
@@BeachNanny i guess so. You can really see them in the end of the video. And in the beginning she smiles, and is for them
@@juhchaconI watched it again and saw them. Not sure why they were seated behind her, as if they were supporting her. I seriously doubt that though.
@@BeachNanny thats exactly what i thought!!!!! So confusing.
Consecutive!!!! I am so tired of these abusers getting a slap on the wrist like Tim Ferriter. smh.
You do realize that Consecutive is the better of the two options... if she gets 2 years each count, that would be 8 years total. It's concurrent that runs them all at the same time... consecutive means one at a time and so they stack up. Websters works.
Serving one sentence after another . 4 of them .
@@Ronibearable I know what I said and I know what I meant. Webster works both ways. I want her to serve them one after another 😒
@@SwyTashee She WILL be... the judge said that.
I know. smh. @@Ronibearable
The children’s father should be charged also for neglect
The Judge needs to give no weight to her plea. She is not remorseful in the least. You can read it on her face. Given the chance she will return to her methods of child abuse in the guise of discipline. A sentence at least until her youngest child is 18 and no contact is the least she should expect.
I think she looks sad!
I think they like to plea the cases so the kids don’t have to be as involved in court proceedings. How many other homes had connexion minders and how many more kids are tied up in the basement or scrubbing the floors of connexions executives?
Interesting to see that her parents, brother and sister are there.
Even more interesting to see they all aren’t there. That family has always been led by Grandma Griff to do exactly as she has done. She is more like Ruby than of them, and supporting Ruby could in large part be out of a desire to save herself from exposure about her harsh parenting choices. Bonnie, Shari, Chad not being present is very interesting.
As the baby Ellie has always had the privilege of not doing anything she doesn’t want you to do. Her not being there could be more about not wanting to travel than anything else.
Of course they are there. Mormons stick together no matter what. I just want to know why Kevin is walking free? He abused those as well on camera
@@murderofcrows7738 This!
@@murderofcrows7738 Today's hearing is in St. George - where Ellie lives.
@@murderofcrows7738 Unless, of course, they WERE there; the camera didn't show who was sitting on the other side of her dad.
This makes me so sad .. sending love 2 those poor kids ❤❤❤
While I am glad this will spare all the children from having to testify, at the same time I hate that a trial won't be happening to get all the facts out there as to what these monsters have been doing for YEARS now, not just the recent events that led to the arrest. There won't be any justice for the older children and what they suffered!
Jodi still has to be dealt with, and there will likely be a lot of people willing to sit in court to tell how she abused them. So, you will likely get the dirt you are after.
@@Ronibearable no, she has a hearing scheduled as well, right after Christmas, so she'll likely be taking a plea deal also. It's not about the dirt, we saw it all unfold in Ruby's vlogs, it's about the victims getting their chance to face her and call them out.
@@2Blessed You do understand that the person arrested does not get to just "get" a plea deal right? They are offered by the prosecution, it's not a right for the defendant to just receive one. If the prosecution does not offer, the it does not matter what Jodi wants or doesn't want.
@@Ronibearable yes, I do understand that, but I also understand that if they offered a plea deal to Ruby, they will likely offer one to Jodi, since they have been charged with the exact same crimes.
@@2Blessed Part of the Plea for Ruby is that she agrees to testify against Jodi. (look it up and READ it) If the prosecution intended to give Jodi a plea deal, then why would they include that in the deal for Ruby? Also, keep in mind that no one is prosecuting any abuse prior to the few months at Jodi's house. While I understand that many feel that it should be, they aren't. What they have accomplished is this.. an extremely fast outcome ending in 4 felony counts that will result in significant time, along with the agreement to testify against Jodi. Go READ what Ruby ADMITTED to! It's not going to be a 6 month sentence, I can assure you based on what SHE admits to. It's worse than anyone imagined! This is going to be an extended sentence for both of them.
Her mom, dad, brother, sister, and sister-in-law are shown present. She must have smiled at them as she walked in. I cannot belief that I watched her for years. Disgusting.
Goodness her parents, her sister and brother are in the court room.
She needs to take full responsibility for her actions and not blame others.
Jodi needs to not see the light of day.
Ruby Franke, Lorey Valley, Van der Ark. I’m so disgusted. No penalty is hard enough!
This woman thinks she is oh so clever and smart. She is a monster.
Someone said Ruby's parents were still on their mission trip, but they are clearly seen in the video behind her... Are they back??
No they vame only for the Hearing! Not for the grandchildren 😈😈😈 smiling in court telling her WE Love you disgusting!
She is not sorry , she would be still abusing them if had not got caught.She needs life .
Ms. Franke blames her co-defendant, but she was kookoo before her! Only supervised visits, please!
She started then Jody was her church council she told her to do wilderness camp and gave her the books she read on how to discipline kids.
Believe me I have a lot of experience with the mentality ill ,dating back to the 1970.,s ,Ruby Franke is mentality ill.
The over acting at each charge was telling, she still wants to gaslight and has no genuine remorse. Even when she glanced at her lawyer, she just had to do a deep scan, she just couldn't stop analysing even in court. If she gets let loose and is free range, we may see her again.
Closing her eyes and taking deep breaths every times she admits her guilt, trying to act as if she feels remorse now… she should have done that when raising those children take deep breaths and walk away instead of torturing them. I was Abused as a child, now I have three of my own, not once have I even thought of doing anything to them. She was not brain washed , she did everything she WANTED to do to those children, why would her oldest daughter post “finally” when news of her being arrested got out. Her husband is also guilty. A father will stay away from his children for more than a year??? Plus they are lds, it’s in their religion to seek help through church members and even the law. They are smart ,educated and wealthy enough to play and work the system. And her smiling ? Sick human.
You get your hair done for a plea agreement?
That’s natural. No, they don’t let her get her hair done.
Yup
Still manipulating and a narc.
She put her own bobby pins in.
Probably a braid
Her family don't need to be around the kids either.
A plea for a woman that starved her children and tied them up with duct tape, and scared them for the remainder of their lives. These children's children will be affected by this monsters choices and she gets a plea. Her kids pleaded for food, they pleaded for a bed, the pleaded for love. The simple basic needs for children and instead she chose to enslave them for monetary gain. Her and her husband deserve to never be free again!!💯💯
Im furious that she's able to get a plea deal but, also furious that her husband Kevin Franke hasn't been charged with anything!
Her tears don't move me hope justice is served
Does anyone know if her family reacted when she smiled at them
I think she looked surprised to see them!
Her parents came in from out of country mission trip to be there for her
@@krystalmiller6638it's about time they should have been there from the beginning for their grandchildren .
@@maggiebarrettbarrett5684 Perhaps they were not allowed to see their grandchildren.
That SCANK SMILED! 🤮
Child abuse for profit. Ruby made a lot of money and received a lot of attention for her abuse under the guise of tough love. It appears she did it for those reasons, along with being sadistic in my opinion. I hope she gets the maximum allowed for each guilty plea.
Well, at least she spared her children from having to testify.
Her poor kids are sentenced to a lifetime of dealing with trauma! She’s VILE and she was vile before Jodi! Jodi just added fuel to the fire. Kevin belongs in jail too!!
AMEN!!!!!
This world is so unforgiving and full of hate. These comments sicken me more.
Keep her in!!!
I am baffled as to why her family is sitting behind her in support of these actions.
They aren’t in support they are there to watch justice be made for her innocent children
I'm guessing they give her 15 years in prison and she gets out in 10
Wow, not ruby’s parents and sister Julie saying bye and smiling at her as she leaves, and sitting on her side of the room. SMH.
Apparently the gallery is disgusted with her, as am I. She should stay in prison long enough for everyone to forget her.
She smiling, she's getting off. You can tell.
I specifically remember her sitting in front of the camera, saying that she had the best parenting technique, and that it wasn’t abuse. Hey Ruby, the court say otherwise and I hope you enjoy your prison sentence.😂
Is it me or was i seeing things, the way she smiled at that guard.
I want to apologize. I was wrong she was smiling at her sister and other family members.
She so used to the cult behavior of the Mormon church she can’t even figure out she’s with a cult leader?
Yep it’s called Jodi pushed her into doing what she was doing. Doesn’t have anything to do with the church.
As much as I absolutely hate this woman and what she has done to her own kids, I am happy that said kids won't have to relive their trauma by testifying against her. I had to testify against my father with him in the court room, glaring me down as his sick attorney tried to twist my words against my siblings', all the while seeing my mom silently crying on her side of the room.
I am so happy to hear that whatever her sentence is for each count, that they all must be served consecutively instead of concurrently, even if she gets 2 years per count, she is in prison for 16 years. Of course I want nothing more than for her to receive maximum penalty for each, but considering it's a plea deal, that isn't likely.
I also think it is interesting that she is trying to throw Jodi under the bus when people have been sounding the alarm against her abuse years before that psycho entered the picture. Now, that isn't me saying that she doesn't deserve every awful thing coming towards her, Jodi is an abusive monster and has been one for years, but all Jodi did with Ruby is escalate her already abusive tendencies. She didn't turn Ruby into an abuser, she already was one.
I pray that they both get locked up behind bars for many, many years to come.
First, I want to say, I am so sorry about the trauma you suffered in your childhood. Truly, that sucks, I hope you have found some joy now.
I was glad to come across your comment, as I was beginning to think I was the only one to notice the "consecutive" part.
But how are you getting 16 years? It seems like 2 charges may have been dropped. So: 2 years x 4 charges = an 8 year sentence.
To me she appears genuinely afraid. I watched a lot of the body language videos on her and Jodi and I got the impression that Ruby is dumb as a stump and Jodi manipulated her easily.
Both her and her husband are psychos (imo) but unfortunately the child abuse charges are just for the most recent abuses, if they _were_ to charge her husband then they would also have to hold UA-cam accountable, and they will never do that.
Very well said... I agree with you 100%!! Prayers for everyone...🙏😘
Prayers for you, for the what despicable trauma you had to endure... I did, too. Thought after my father passed it'd really help me deal with it better...didn't happen. I strive daily to be an overcome. Please know -- you are NOT alone...🙏💞
The way she smiles at her family that’s there. Disgusting. They’re not there for you Ruby they’re there for justice for those kids
They told her WE Love you disgusting 😈
I can’t stand her self righteous attitude still blatantly obvious through her body language and the way she speaks.
I hope her children sue her for defamation when they are older for the vile, disgusting lies she put out into the universe that will be there forever about their character. Can someone tell me why Kevin is still walking free?
LDS church.
@@PrometheanRisingyou got that right .
And once again Utah slaps the wrists of abusers.
Dude are the kids ok?
What abhorrent sort of satisfaction can a mother have in abusing their children? And to use them to profit off of..almost flaunting it
Jail has really aged this vile woman 😂
The way she smiles at them 🤢🤢
3:45 Oooh, she's gonna do the sentences *consecutively...* that is bad for her. It means years
I blame her upbringing in that "church" that seems to have harmed a lot. of people and her parents as well. But I blame her for her life choices and taking the side of Jodi over her families. These are evil people. These poor children are scarred for life. And Kevin is just as bad but seems to have skated out of trouble. What is wrong with this church in Utah.
Poor children having a sociopathic mother like this!
I really hope that justice will be served eventually and that the children are taken care of as they should be.....
It’s sad to think about what the children are enduring now. I know they are out of their parents abuse, but I have to consider the conditions they are living under now. Where are they, are they together? I was in the care of foster homes and a baptist children’s home from age 8-12, and I don’t have the words to tell you the sense of loss and sadness I felt. Some of the stories of those years are still with me and bring tears to my eyes, and I’m now an 81 year old woman. I never stopped loving or needing the presence of my parents no matter what, even today, after all these years. It’s the children that suffer more than anyone else, for the rest of their lives. My thoughts and prayers are with them through this holiday season, and always. I know how they must be feeling.
Anyone know how long she can get in prison for pleading guilty to all this?
1 to 15 years for each count to be served consecutively. If they sentence her at the high end she could get up to 60 years in prison. Hopefully that will be the case.
@@eiforget wow!! Thanks for the reply!
The guidelines for each charge is a 1 to 15. BUT.. there are also other things they consider when sentencing. Such as prior criminal history, nature of the crimes, mitigating factors as well as others. So all of that plays onto the way the judge sentences regarding those factors.
What gets a person to go down that rabbit hole? How can they make these horrific choices? 😢
She is evil. And the church funded Jodi knowing she had her license revoked and the church was complicit in her breaking patient client confidentiality.
No one has commented her sister Julie, brother Beau being there to support her. Certainly, looks like grandma and grandpa Griffiths are in the courtroom as well.
I’m so glad it not going to run concurrently
Can anyone else not get over the fact that she had her hair done? Like how did she get the money and time.. and why did she even care to do her hair when she's going through something like this? Extremely odd given the circumstances and weight of everything.
Agreed
Fr
That’s from braids
Brian Schnee said she and Jodi were together the last 3 years. She and Kevin have been withholding food from kids 5 years ago for punishment. She is not taking blame. Just so happens Jodi was in this so she can get off of what she had done before Jodi.
Who smiles when coming in to their court hearing? what a psycho.
I watched 8 Passengers as vloggers for a few years. I slowly stopped as u could see things weren't right. Like the youngest forgetting her lunch and the mom said she can be hungry don't feed her think she was 5. Then the oldest brother played a prank and punishment they removed his bed. You just don't kids don't learn.
It was nice to see her family in the court and I hope Ruby looked at them and felt bad. I can't even imagine how the kids feel. Even her parents and siblings. When it first hit the public people gave hate to the family. They said multiple times they done everything the could. They are not Ruby. The main thing to focus on is the kids and there health n we'll being. Ruby you pled guilty cause you are simple. You can't blame anyone it was ur choice. Well Done for the young boy escaping if he didn't it would still be going on x
Imagine being one of the people who were so gullible that they let those two women "influence" them and actually followed their parenting advice. Apparently 2.5 million people were that gullible.
The kids were not duct taped when the channel began. It got more questionable as time went on. Then they stopped all posting and went onto business of family counseling. I am worried more kids in basements minded by the cult in their own homes.
You watched 12 videos and started to be interested in how a big family functions. You watched 24 videos and started to worry. A few on their own disturbing. Public called CPS on some things. The basement incident that sadly went far enough for CPS to be able to take the kids was almost a year after they stopped posting the kids on the channel and went onto to connexions cult stuff. LDS learn to sell their church and image. Experts of everything and nothing encouraged to teach other members. She was trained for this well.
I would like to know who was she smiling at when she entered the court, because if any of her family members are standing by her it's absolutely disgusting of them
It was her family
Likely she smiled as she thought they were there to support her. I am pretty sure they are not supportive.
It’s her mum dad , sister Julie brother bo and his wife that are there 😮
I’m sure her family is there for her and does not support what she did ❤
So I just saw another video and you guys are right It is her family.... However it does look like they're standing behind her since they were sitting behind her to me if I was not supportive of what somebody did I will be sitting on the other side of the room giving them the "FU" finger
Everybody...everywhere...lets keep our eyes open always to the children we encounter!!!!!
So tired of child abuse by their own mothers. So many women that would love to care for children. Hoping these kids get the real love they need now.
Keep her in prison for the rest of her life, the beast
I hope the woman in there find out what she did and dish out some street justice
You can see in the back are her parents and two of her siblings, at least of the people that are in view. I hope ruby feels the shame for what she did from them too.